Wheeled scraper.



E. W. BURGESS.

. WHEELED SCRMER.

APPLICATION FIFED JULY 11. 1916.

Pmntea July 17; 1917.

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E. W. BURGESS.

WHEELED SCRAPER.

APPUCATION FILED JULY 11. me.

Patented. July 17, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 a. citizen of the United States,

Enurann w. BURGESS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssreNon 'I'O IN'rEaNA'rIoNAL Han.- vES'rEa COMPANY or NEW JERSEY, A coaroa 'rIoN 01* NEW JERSEY.

WHEELED SCRABER.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 15917.

Application filed July 17, 1916. Serial No. 109,752.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that '1, EnwAnnW. BURGESS, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of llinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Wheeled Scrapers, of which the following is :1 act specification.

My invention relates to wheeled scrapers object being to.

for excavating purposes; its provide an implement of the class indicated adapted for tractor operation and controllable by an operator from the seat of the tractor.

This object is attained by means of the mechanism illustrated in the drawings, in Whichnaled in bearings 22 and Figure l is a top plan view of a traction engine having a wheeled scraper operatively connected therewith and embodying my invention; and l Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. I

The same reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

The tractor includes right and left-hand truck frame members 3 and 4, respectively, 5 a bolster member secured to the frontends of said truck frame members, 6 a steering axle having steering Wheels 7 journaled thereon, 8 a vertically disposed spindle connected with the axle and journaled in a depending tubular stem 9 secured to the bolster member 5, 10 a worm sector secured to the upper ends of the spindle, 11 a tubular truck frame member Secured to the rear ends of the framemembers 3 and 4 and having an axle 12 journaled therein,-upon opposite ends. of which are mounted traction Wheels 13, 14 an operators seat carried by the frame member .11, 15 an engine mounted upon the truck frame and including a power cylinder 16, an engine shaft 17 a fly wheel 18,

gearing 19 operatively 21 a worm jourengaging with the worm sector 10, 23 a longitudinallydisposed shaft having nected with the worm 21 and its rear end providedwith a steering wheel 24,. 25 a bracket member carried by them and having the rear end of sha 23 journaled therein, and 26 a supplemental bracket having the middle of said shaft journaled therein.

mg a sprocket chain 20,

full, clear, and ex-' bers secured to the upturned member 28, 30 similar bracket members accompanying tractor, having secured to their rear ends whereby they are j ournaled upon extensions by means of pins 42, 43 steering rods having 85 tended ends of the steering axle 6 of the their rear ends that are disposed rock its front end operatively conine frame the rear end of the pto the operator from The scraper includes a common form of receptacle 27 disposed in frontof the tractor, 28 a reinforcing member extending across the bottom of the receptacle and secured thereto near its middle,and halving its opposite ends turned upward and secured to its side walls, 29 U-shaped bracket memends of the pivotally connected with the members 29 by means of vertically disposed hinge pins 31,

32 stub axle members secured to the bracket members 30 and having carrying wheels 33. journaled thereon.

The scraper is connected with the tractor by means including right and left-hand longitudinally disposed push bars 34 and 35, respectively, upon opposite sides of the bearing sleeves 36 and 37, respectively,

38 and 39, respectively, at opposite ends of the axle 12, 40 laterally extending studs secured to the bracket members 29 and having the front ends of the push bars 34 and 30' 35 pivotally connected therewith, 41 rearwardly extending arms having their front 1 ends journaled upon the extended free ends of the stub axles 32 and retained thereon their front ends pivotally connected with the rear ends of the arms strand their rear ends with thimbles 44 journaled upon the extractor. 45-represents rearwardly and upwardly inclined latch bars having their lower front, ends pivotally connected with the bottom of the scraper receptacleat its rear end p and upon opposite sides thereof, and having spaced notches '46 in. their lower edges near adapted to engage with laterally extending studs 47 secured to the push bars 34 and 35, 48 a transversely shaft having its opposite 7 ends journaled in the push. bars 34 and 3-5 10o and provided with rearwardly extending arms 49 Secured. thereto adjacent the "plan bars, having inwardly extending hooks 50 at'their free ends engagingwiththe lower edges of the latch bars, and 51 a. controlling rodhaving its front end pivotally connected with one of the arms 49' and its. rear end with a foot lever 52 pivotally mounted upon push bar 34 convenient theseat of the tractor,

turned ends of the member leases the latch bars by whereby the engagement of the latch bars 45 with the studs 47 may be controlled. 53 represents a toothed sector mountcd upon the rear end of the push bar 3.4, 5t a pivoted hand lever having mounted thereon a spring-pressed sliding detent adapted to engage the toothed sector and controlled by means of a thunib lever 56 in a common way,' and 57 represents a rod operatively connecting the hand lever with the upwardly extended end 58 of one of the up- 28 secured to the body of the-scraper, whereby the scraper may be tilted in varying operative planes. 59 represents a transversely disposed bar secured to the bolster member 5 and having depending arms 60 at its opposite ends adapted to slidably engage with the push bars 34 and 35 in a manner preventing a lateral swing of the scraper relative to the tractor whenin operation and permitting a free rising and falling movement of the front ends of the push bars when the scraper is tilted toward a dumping position. In operation'the scraper during the loading operation is tilted upon its axis by means of the hand lever 54, the latch bars45 being disengaged the foot lever 52. The latch bars will secure the receptacle in loading position independent of the hand lever. The scraper is pushed forward by the tractor, and when the receptacle is filled it is tilted rearward to a 'horizontal position, as shown by full lines in] Fig. 2, and may then be moved in any direction, the steering connections between the scraper carrying wheels and the steering axle of the tractor controlling the path of travel of the scraper relative to that of the tractor. To dump the load the operator remeans of the foot lever, and by throwing the hand lever forward tilts thereceptacle upon its axis unti its front engages with the ground, when a continued advance of the tractor will cause the receptacle to be tilted forward and upward to-a load dumping position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The push bars 34-. and 35 swing at their front ends as the load is being dumped, and the latch bars 45, actuated by gravity, ride upon the studs 47, and to prevent the notches therein from engaging with the studs there is provided stop members 61 secured to the push bars and adapted to retain the latch bars in a disengaged position until the scraper receptacle has been.turned to a normal position with its carrying wheels upon the ground.

Having shown and described one form which my invention may assume in practice, I do not desire that it be confined to the specific details of construction as illustrated, it .being understood that changes may be made in the form, proportion and organization of its several parts without departing from the studs 47 by means of' ative to said push bars.

line of travel and controlled by the steering elements of said tractor.

2. In combination, a tractor including a steerin axle, a scraper adapted tobe ropelled in front of said tractor and including a receptacle, propelling elements connecting said tractor with said scraper, carrying wheels having said receptacle mounted thereon, said wheelsbeing turnable at varyin angles relative to the line of travel, and steering connections between said wheels and said tractor steering axle.

3. In combination, a tractor, a scraper including a receptacle adapted to be propelled in front of the tractor, combined carrying and steering wheels having said receptacle mounted thereon, push bars, having their front ends pivotally connected with opposite sides of said scraper receptacle coaxially with said carrying and steering wheels and their opposite ends with opposlte sides of the tractor, and means for tilting said receptacle at varylng operative angles rela- 4. In combination, a tractor including an axle having traction Wheels mounted thereon, a steering axle, a scraper adapted to be propelled in front of said tractor and including a receptacle, steering wheels having said receptacle mounted thereon, the scraper propelling means including longitudinally disposed push bars upon opposite sidesof said tractor, said push bars having their rear ends pivotally connected with opposite ends of said axle and their front ends pivotally connected with opposite sides of said scraper receptacle.

5. In combination, a tractor including an axle having traction wheels mounted thereon, a steering axle, a wheeled scraper adapted to be propelled in front of said tractor and including a receptacle, the scraper propelling means including longitudinally disposed push bars upon opposite sides of said tractor, said push bars having their rear ends pivotally connected with opposite ends of said axle and their'front ends pivotally connected with opposite sides of said scraper receptacle, and means for tilting said receptacle at varying angles relative to said ush bars, said means including a hand ever pivotally mounted of said push bars, a toothed sect0r cooperat ing with said ha'nd lever, and a controlling upon the rear end of one rod connecting said hand lever with said receptacle.

6. In combination, a tractor, a wheeled scraper including a receptacle adapted to be propelled in front of said tractor, longitudinally disposed push bars upon opposite sides of said tractor having their rear ends pivotally connected therewith and their front ends pivotally connected with opposite sides of said scraper receptacle, means for tilting said receptacle at varying operative angles, and means for securing said receptacle in adjusted position, said means including,rearwardly extending notched latch bars pivotally connected with said receptacle and adapted to releasably engage with said push bars.

7. In combination, a tractor, a wheeled scraper including a receptacle adapted to be propelled in front of said tractor, lon itudinally disposed push bars upon opposite sides of said tractor having their rear ends pivotally connected therewith and their front ends pivotally connected with opposite sides of said securing said receptacle in adjusted position, said means including rearwardly extending notched latch bars pivotally connected with said receptacle and adapted to releasably engage with said push-bars,.means for disengaging said latch liars, said means including a transversely disposed rock shaft having its opposite ends journaled in said push bars, crank arm secured to said shaft and engaging with said latch bars, and means for rocking said shaft.

8. In combination, a tractor including an axle having traction wheels mounted thereon. a wheeled scraper adapted to be propelled in front of said tractor and including a receptacle, the scraper propelling means including longitudinally disposed push bars upon opposite sides of said tractor, said push bars having their rear ends pivotally connected with opposite ends of said axle and their front ends pivotally connected with opposite sides of said scraper receptacle. means for tilting said receptacle at varying angles relative to said push bars, said means includinga hand lever pivotally mounted upon one of said push bars and operatively connected with said receptacle, and means carried by. said receptacle and tudinally disposed push b scraper including a receptacle adapted to be propelled in front of said tractor, longisides of pivotally connected with opposite sides of said scraper receptacle, means tive angles, and means for securing said receptacle in adjusted position, said means including .rearwardly extending latch bars pivotally connected with said receptacle and adapted to releasably engage with said push bars, and manually controllable means care ried by said push bars and operative to control an engagement of said latch bars with said push bars.

10. A wheel supported scraper including a tilting receptacle and steering elements,

a tractor including steering elements, profall at their front ends, and a transverse bar carried by said truck frame and having said push bars slidably engaging therewit in a manner preventing a lateral swing thereof.

12. In combination, a tractor having steering means, and a -scraper propelled by said tractor and having steering means connected to the tractor steering means.

13. In combination, a tractor having steering means, tor and having steering means, and a connection between the steering means of the tractor and scraper whereby one of the same is controlled bythe other.

In testimony whereof I-aflix my signature.

EDWARD W. BURGESS a scraper. propelled by-said trac- 

